Body color: Dark red, mottled w/ gray on back and sides; fins red.
Peritoneum color: light Shape between eyes: convex
Counts: D:XIII,13-15, Ar:6-8, P1:16-18, GR:35-43, LLp:40-48, LLs:45-48, V:26-27
Occurence: Gulf of Alaska - Baja California
Depth: 274 meters Size: 76 cm Species code: 30350
Similar species:
Canary rockfish - body orange w/ olive-gray, fins orange; underside of lower jaw smooth w/ embedded scales; gillrakers 41-45 (35-43 in Vermilion RF); lateral line highlighted in gray
Yelloweye rockfish - head spines rugose; body orange-red to orange-yellow w/out olive-gray mottling; lateral line highlighted in gray; anal-fin margin rounded
Rougheye rockfish, Shortraker rockfish, and Blackgill rockfish - head spine count differs; anal-fin margin perpendicular; 0-8 spines below eye